Ethnographic Records of the Idaiyar Community in the Novel 'Geethari'

S Arulselvi

S Arulselvi Assistant Professor, Tamil Department, Porutchiyamman Sargunar Gowder Arts and Science College, Coimbatore

Keywords: Ethnography in Tamil Literature, Geethari Novel, Idaiyar Community, Pastoral Life and Goat Herding, Cultural Representation in Fiction

Abstract

The art or science that explains the culture of a particular ethnic group is called ethnography. "Ethnography is the science that fully understands the culture of a society with unique lifestyle patterns and systematically compiles and presents it."¹ S. Tamilselvi is the one who created the novel 'Geethari' by selecting the lifestyle field of goat herders, living near those people's settlements, and collecting ethnographic information. In this novel, she has portrayed the mentality and ethnographic details of the Idaiyar people who consider goats as their wealth and live accordingly

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Ethnographic Records of the Idaiyar Community in the Novel 'Geethari'

‘கீதாரி’ புதினத்தில் இடையர்களின் இனவரைவியல் பதிவுகள்

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